James Lee

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ID: I36758

Name: JAMES LEE

Surname: LEE

Given Name: JAMES

Sex: M

Birth: 1759 in ENGLAND, U.K.

Death: 1804 in SALTFLEET TWSP., WENTWORTH COUNTY, ONTARIO, CANADA of Flying axe head from its handle

Burial: FAMILY FARM LOT 21, CON. 4, SALTFLEET TWSP., WENTWORTH COUNTY, ONTARIO, CANADA

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James Lee, of British soldier lineage, built a log cabin on this site when he, his wife, Hannah, and his family arrived with the United Empire Loyalists from Maryland in 1792. He brought some furnishings and flowering plants with him and several of these can still be found on the premises. He cut virgin pine on the property and built some of the furniture, one specific piece in the pioneer kitchen being a seven-foot china cupboard made with wooden pegs instead of nails. James Lee was accidently killed by an axe flying from its handle at the raising of the first frame house built in Saltfleet Township. They had five sons and three daughters. Author unknown

"According to Lee history, they were buried in a small lot on their farm --- Lots 20 and 21, Conc. VI, Saltfleet township. James Lee, a British soldier served under General Cornwallis during the Revolutionary War. After the war was over he settled in Maryland and married Hannah, daughter of George and Sarah (Harrisohn) Corman. Later with other Loyalist families James and his small family moved to Canada and settled on Lots 21 and 22, Concession IV, Saltfleet township. He was accidently killed at the raising of the first frame house in Saltfleet by an axe flying from its handle. The dates of his death and of his wife, Hannah, have not been recorded. They were buried on their farm but the stones marking their resting place have long since disappeared." Annals of The Forty

Change Date: 16 Sep 2009 at 12:35:59

1801

Saltfleet Twp., Wentworth, Ontario, Canada

James Lee and Hannah Corman Lee's Grant for land in Niagara, Ontario, Canada. The land grant is for 200 acres on top of the Niagara Escarpment in the township of Saltfleet. It is pertaining to Concession 4 Lot 20 and 21, roughly where Ridge Road and Second Ave E. meet on the map. James and Hannah Lee are said to be buried on this property in unmarked graves.

Corman family houses on this property (now part of Placid Place) date to 1810. John "George" George Corman moved to Saltfleet in 1791-2, and built the first home on this site. Hannah, George's daughter married James Lee, and the two moved above the escarpment and built a home which is now the Erland Lee Museum. This Corman house once stood at the centre of the Corman farm, stretching from Gray's Road east past Corman Avenue. Mary cousins and relatives held lands north of King Street.

Marriage 1 HANNAH CORMAN b: ABT 1760/1764 in VIRGINIA, U.S.A.

Married: 1782

Children

JOHN C. LEE b: 17 Jun 1784 in ON A SHIP IN CHESAPEAKE BAY, MARYLAND, U.S.A.

WILLIAM SAMUEL LEE b: 25 Aug 1786 in MARYLAND, U.S.A.
GEORGE LEE b: ABT 1790 in MARYLAND, U.S.A.
JAMES LEE b: 22 Jul 1793
ISAAC B. LEE b: 20 Dec 1794 in STONEY CREEK, SALTFLEET TWSP., WENTWORTH COUNTY, ONTARIO, CANADA
MARGARET LEE b: 1796
MARTHA LEE b: ABT 1798 in SALTFLEET TWSP., WENTWORTH COUNTY, ONTARIO, CANADA
MARY LEE
JOHN C. LEE b: 17 Jun 1784
Sources:

Title: Annals of The Forty

Author: The Grimsby Historical Society

Publication: Loyalist and Pioneer Families of West Lincoln, 1783 - 1833

Page: V.4, p.34; V.6, p.16

Date: 8 Sep 2006

Title: Ronald Cox's Ancestors, Cousins and their allied families

Author: Ronald Cox

Publication: roncox@videotron.ca

Date: 15 May 2007

Title: All in The Family

Author: Sharon Forrester

Publication: sharonf53@hotmail.com

Date: 16 Sep 2009